BANE
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Example

Traffic is the bane of my mornings in this city.

Definition

A cause of great distress, harm, or persistent annoyance.

  • Something that ruins, frustrates, or spoils.

A deadly poison.

  • Chiefly in plant names indicating toxicity (e.g., wolfsbane).

Archaic: To poison.

  • Archaic: To bring to ruin or death.

Archaic, literary: death or destruction.

  • Also: a killer or slayer.